Dec 04, 2024

Yakima Valley College Catalog 2016-2017

Yakima Valley College Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Associate in Arts - Direct Transfer Agreement

The associate in arts - direct transfer agreement (DTA) degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university. YVC offers a variety of disciplines so that students can select their course load based on their area of interest within this degree.

Requirements

ENGL& 101: English Composition I
ENGL& 102: English Composition II

Group B

Choose five credits

Courses used to satisfy this requirement may not be used to satisfy Natural Science Distribution.

Choose five credits from:

Group C

Choose three to five credits

Courses used to satisfy this requirement may not be used to satisfy Humanities distribution.

Choose three to five credits from:

Core Classes

Select courses from THREE disciplines (subject areas) from the respective list of approved Humanities, Natural Sciences or Social Sciences distribution courses located under the DTA Distribution List section in the catalog.

No more then ten credits from any one discipline (subject area) is allowed.

Maximum of five credits may be taken as “S” grades.

2.0 GPA required

Humanities

Choose fifteen credits

May include a maximum of five credits in skill performance courses which are indicated with a (P) in the approved distribution list and maximum of five credits of 100 level foreign languages OR 100 level American Sign Language.

Natural Science/Math

Choose fifteen credits

Must include one lab course which is indicated with a (L) in the approved distribution list.

Social Sciences

Choose fifteen credits

Electives

Core Electives

Choose fifteen to seventeen credits*

Should be chosen carefully from the distribution of courses listed in Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning (Group B above) and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences (located under the DTA Distribution List section in the catalog). Minimum 2.00 GPA required in this distribution area.

General Electives

Choose ten to twelve credits

Any college level course numbered 100 or above. These may include additional core electives as well as courses from the Restricted List. No more than three PE activity credits apply toward the AA degree.

Areas of Interest:

Students can focus on the following disciplines while pursuing an associate in arts - direct transfer agreement (DTA) degree:

Anthropology
American Sign Language
Art
Biology
Chemistry
Chican@ Studies
Communications
Drama
Economics
English
Ethnic Studies
Geography (physical)
Geography (human)
Geology
History
Mathematics
Music
Nutrition
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Spanish
Sociology